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THE tustioN JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS. JULY 17, 1896 [THE TIMES.j The late military revolution at Constantiuople ap , pears to haveiteen of a more deeidacharacter, and to hate led to more important eoesetelences, than we at first conceived or anticipated. The corps of Janis . - saries; whiett has so': long kept' the 'Government in alatin by its mutinous glint--whichhas lveakeeed the empire r by', its insubordination and oppressions, and exNeisted the Treasury by its Useless exactions, would appear, from - the aeepunte in. the French papers, to have seen its influence entirely extiuguislied in the l'utlaelt capital. Its barracks are said to .have been 'irnt e itterekiments - dissolved, and its privileges sup - tl. If any reliance can be placed on these the force of the . Janissaries is entirely crushed at the seat of Government, where it was most dreaded; anti it: only remains to he seen whether the terror of the example, and the inerc:ised 4retion of a victorious Government, will extend tie ir influence to the distant provinces, and be equally felt over the frontier garrisons; chiefly Occupied -by this species of troops. If thi s b e th e ease ; the friends of the. present Sultan have executed a task which has in vain been attempted for the. last two centurie s---the standard of the.P.ceehethas been unfurled for once to save the ene i!e—ene. of the great obstacles to Vint-leen iii orevements has been removed—and fereeng an army after the rules of civilized lee' , may not limit her progress to a simple elienge in her military establishments, but be led to make far ther progress in the arts of eiviiiioion. If, on the other hand, the remnant of the prescribed troops still bold out, as it is!kaid, in the Seven 'I owers, and if their numerous detachments, stationed in the chief cities of the empire, resolve to maintain their ancient privileges, this barbarous and oppressive Government must be so much weakened by internal dissension as to hold out the fairest prospect for the independence of the Greeks. Improvement and civilization fur Turkey may thus spring from the - immediate suppreseion of the revolt; or freedom ip oppreeAd Christians must result from its extended and protracted violente. The establishment of the Janissaries; which has thus been suppressed (so f ar as the deeret of the S u lt an Foes), has played, as our readers are aware, a most unportaut part, both during th e g l ory • amt w ea k. ness of, time Turkish power, in extending its greatness or 'aceelerating its decay. It is true that the 'Pinkish hordes had left their ;naive wilds two centuries before its creation, and had extended their may from the head of ' A.Sia to the eastern part of Europe. Like the other barbarienS Who este • blished themselves on the ruins of Greek' and Roman civilliation, war was their trade, plunder their sup port, and m a s sacre or conquest their pride and glory,: Ilut like them, too, their empire might have fallen to pieces, and their Military force Might have been divided among so.many Aids as to cease to be •.1 gerous, had the institutunt,or the Jeniemaries, :Or the establishment of permanent troops, not occurred to one of their most celebrated Princes. When " A mu fath I. bad made a successful irruption into the pro vineea on the Danube, he was advised to inieePorate a body of his youthful (eiptivee into Lis twiny, instead of loOkilT.for new r ecru i ts to the origina w 1... at of his tribe. " fire advice wile followed," eilpm . Nie: Gibb Oil, 4 , the edict was p1:00414)0 3 , many: 0-0u4a,w3 4 , E urtiv e in 4' ihrCii l'.(lucittx•A ilr religiou and WWI; and the new militia was cousecrated end namedby celebrated •Dervieh. Stending hi the fieint of their ranks, he stretched the sleeve of' hie gown over the head of the foremost soldier,' and his blessing' veyi livered in these words Let them b ealltd or new eoltliere) ; may, their countenance he ever bri„elit ; thei r h a nd v i ctor i ous; thOrsword keen. May their, a l tar eilways hang over the ie a d s of their rnemiee,, atid,,WheeeSoev er they go may they, return ,evith,4l. tvhite Are Suet,, he /Ode, was the! ori g in, of, these,hauglity . troope---the terror of the )fiationise and eimietiniee of the Sultan; them selves." For two hundred 'year:l—namely, from the end of the. fourteenth to that of the ,eixteenth cen tury, the foree dint; obtainett ineortiorating iii the ithreeniman .army the -fifth of Christian cap tive youths, and the tenth of the youth; of the conquered villages, with time. Steven of the Sultan, composed the flower of the Turkish airniee . ; and 'so long'as the first &titans milled their maim! limn the heart of their campe, and deelared their decrees filer the " imperial eeirrup," their obedience was secured; aids, there never was ar litter ilearinnent of war and cow. Twat,' ‘Vlicit the. :iovere,igns of EurOpe'llati mei' yet no standing aendeainured end possessed of experience —wh en there was no concert among the Powers—aud. when, eonsequently.' they could carry on no great,vombined operatiOn—the force of a body of troops like the .litimiieeniem, Who added the disci plhie experience of veterans to the obedience of fatueured .slaves, and the burning' enthusiasm' of new 'enlivens, was irresistible.. In this period, eceordiegly all • the great successes 41f Ow' Turkish army were But when the Sultana began to prefer: the pleasures of indolence to time - sisions of ambition, and exchanged the toils of the camp 'for the debaucheries •-; •., . -of the harem, the dieeipline of the corp,i 14 . X.C( . 1, and its arms became more dengerous te the Miiesters than to the enemies of Government. A great variety of attenibts have einem been wade to eupprelie ; and in these- attempts both Sultans, Greud'N'iziers, and inkt i riorVinietere, have heen deposal or nus, 4 saCred. The impettrint services which the Janissaries, at filed ren , tiered to the erupire, he extending its limits Or in creating its sectirTev, eroemed them those eetraordi tar, nrivileeeeZvi,a r eurvived their glory and their eiefeeteis. Ile !hest:, oriole es they were entitled to e to mit:lnter eine or the per son beyond the mg; , l; they formed the garrison of the regular-for skiee, the. -keys of which could only be in sted to their' chiefs; they enjoyed certain tee 4iollB ltT the capital; :trhey drew continued pay; were entitled to pentilotui on their retirement. 'or the last two centuries, or since. those ntages were accompanied with few of the dangers ietieS of service, Christian Mae* or prisonere of ;„„e no longer required tq yeernit.,.the corpe.-- than double the, number of Museuhriana Came its /Jibed OW its muster-rang . tkin . actually , en tile. Sultan s ' re eks - . "It was' the policy of ••• 'le Fton debaee this torus. says :. , afore permittee the lowest m ei most , iti a . mous lo pl e t o e nrol themselves. ,lanwsaneh, i3ut7 -- h eir , number has been greatly styelled e e tee b ee been More thitn pr . oportionably ue te i teener of th e m arc notoroeusly stegmatised m dice theft, osiersosiersthe vile 4 . whilst_ rea t et t b y . e city life, ; and time practice Pf the es, have no.e.n ; military "bu t the name of g _ The number of theee troops was cider= - ie wane authority, in the ea , 179 J 4)0, They, composed the only regular ef- and -F :viva or fat Witr .Vlore. to b e i tereti it Alahm t . Ile diet of the p, hence t their chili l gra (e 1 for c olvio ahem, en( [oNvot trp4 Itudstatry." ated, by ti bout 113,( fective infantry in the einpire ; and if the regulations under which they served are to remain abolished, they tniist be organised under a different name, with dif ferent privileges, and under a different system of disci pline. We intended to have given a short account of the last unsuccessful attempt made to suppress this corps—in afrempt which cost Selhn 111. his crown and his I:,fe—and to have proposed some conjectures on the probable consequences of that which has 1101; succeeded, but our limits will not permit us. [THE MORNING tittALD:.l A striking instance, we see, has already occurred at one or tl(e police-offices, of the utility ail(' justice of that pro vision in NTr. new act, which permits. two Magi strates to admit persons to bail in all Cases of felony where a reasonable doubt of the truth of the charge appears. We trust that this alleviation of the horrors and the hardship of imprisonment befine trial, will soon lead to a still more liberal practice ; and that the law will lie so modified as to admit of all persons being admitted to bail, be their offences what they may, on giving ample security for their appearance. In Lon don and Middlesex, where the gaol delivery occurs so often, this may not be of so much importance as in places where the assizes occur but twice a-year ; hot as the manifest object and policy of the law is, that the accused should be forthcoming to take his trial, it surely is more reasonable that that should be effected without the infliction of previous punishment, if that be possible. But it is necessary, even as the law now stands, and it will become proportionably more so should the power of bailing be extended, that the con sequenceir should be better understood and defined thao they are at present. At present it seems to be the practice, whatever may be the intention, that The offence merges in the forfeiture of the bail. Than this nothing can be more absurd and unreasonable; and if not corrected, will lead to a virtual repeal of that provision hi the. Bill of Rights which provides against excessive bail being taken. Besides which, to put u price upon criminal offences is a principle so foreign to the humane and equal spirit of the law of England, as cannot for a moment be permitted. In stead, therefore, of the forfeiture of bail being admit ted as an extinguishment of au offence, it should, in fact, unless satisfactorily explained, act as an aggra vation of it. in all cases of felony, by the good old practice of our Courts, it was the duty of the Jury to inquire whether the felon " fled for it," which was esteemed to be an aggravation of his guilt; and if so, . the flying from his bail must be still more so. We appreh e nd, therefore, that it would be urn improve ment of the linv, and a fortherance of public justice, if in all cases of fbrfeiture of bail, due search were forthwith made for the delinquent, so that a pecuniary forfeiture should no longer be permitted to act as an evasion of the laws. We think, too, that in all cases of hail, whether arising out of civil or criminal pro cess, an actual deposit should be permitted, where it is offered, in lieu of personal obligation. But this, we are aware, will admit of argument ; and we should he glad to see the subject discussed in our columns, or those of any of our contemporaries. [TIIE. MORNING POST.] We have given in another part of ettr paper a letter from the King of Priv.sia, which is well worthy of at tention. It kpresses in just and forcible terms his Majetty'S surprise and sorrow that two ofhi'i near re 7 lative*i, the Duke and Duchess of Anbait should have committed the serious error of becoming Catholics.— The letter has every appearance of conviction, and sin ceilty, and is exceedingly pleasing, `as proving that so powerful' a Monarch has the interests of 'religion so deeply and sincerely At heart, Many. of .us are old enough to remember, when Europe was filled with the fame of Frederick the Great, and when his undoubted military qualities had attracted an admiration, and most ah,ind adoption, of his phil oso phi ca l absurdi ties,' and roticularlr of his obscene poetry and scep tical foolerie. NVlio•wouid bitve anticipated at that day, that ti;o. grandson .of this Prince would become one of the best and most religious Minces in Europe,' and would have overthrown in a very few years (as he has done), all that' the pernicious example and most perverse wickedness of his' ancestor had laboured to accomylish ‘durinf. , his life? But so it 'lB, and al ways 'will he, 'with the interests of truth. It w'a! the daily and hourly labour of J u lian to . restore pag,,anism, and destroy the public establishment of Christianity as introduccu by Constantine. ,}hut Julian Was no sooner buried than all his impious plan::; died with him The same has happened to Frederiek the Great of Pi The ploughshare has passed over his laboof and not one stone remains upon another of all his la brie of wickedness, • [THE BUITISH nitliss.] The aceounts from the manufacturing districts, which now lie before us, are of a nature to excite the greatest alarm. They show dearly the necessity of _ sonic specificmeasure. The lauded interest must now feel that their interests and those of . the manufacturers are the same. 'Ube inewase of the poor's rates is far more injurious to them than the Corn Laws could possibly be beneficial----admitting titeni to he as bene ficial as some persons supposed them to be. It is a fact that, in some parts of the manufacturing distrietS, the, pones rates have actually exceeded the rental. As to the repeal of the Corn .Laws, therefore, as an lila mate measure, we do not conceive that there can pos.. siblv remain the.slightest doubt, and there can be still less doubt of the propriety of using the discretionary power vested in Ministers fOr bringing bonded corn into the market ; but even these measures will not remove the distress immediately, as employment will still be wanting, and it has .been suggested' that a sum ought to be advanced from the public re venue. Ent we must look farther than the mere supply of an im "want., mediate arid as the causes of the distress lie deeper than is supposed, we do not think that a temporary measure„of this sort,--if not connect ed with some ineastire,.by' which the poor may be em ployed in producing food would be at all beneficial to the country or advantageous in the end to the manu facturing population themselves. Nothing but a firin I)° '9 43 mn of the importance of this principle could in duce us. to insist upon it sin Obstinately from day to dAY. To remedy_ the distress of the country, in the ftflti:rebt.:ll.l!Axtep,eop,ol;t:e3;;eiriir.l3:ol.7.le,:lllll:isit.,‘LSittiSliTTLlllsftleif)le, found and in such 141,014 . thay be, ha' 1( 1 )43, hosyever baneful ii at thr, immediate object angmentio4 the The sca, in the fi rs t pity c, (.lintiot. b e si dd to be ex meens of subsistence. haunted as, long as we k now t h at the Dutch carry away the fbod of- thousands front the coasts of Seotlara, and the land cannot be siipposed incapable of yielding further supplies while we . have the example of le rack s of Malta supporting 100,000 inhabitants by the produce arising • from the soil imported from 'Sicily. [THE NEW TIMES.] We are happy to observe that smile of our contem poraries, who advocate a line of politics very different from ours, have entered into our views on the subject of Brandt Banks, which they can 'only have 'been induced to do from a conviction of their soundness. The importance of that measure, which we verily beiievelo be essential to the relict of ottr long con tinned commercial distresi, renders unnecessary any apology for iterating our arguments in its favour.— And while we plead for its adoption, sve would add, speedy I "j'lie old: adage was b b l e e dat qni ciao.llieet never ch Ina T to l 'ar ic edb c all Oi nc r a y bankers arc fewer by a large num ber than when the distress began—those that remain have contracted their discounts very greatly, partly from the perils of the times, and partly to withdraw their small notes from circulation ; and the very rumour of Branch Banks, though it may not have materially inflUenced the doings 'of existing banks, has, mou certainly, contributed to prevent the establishment of new ones. How, indeed, can it be expected that any man, be imprudent en oug h t o cn gaagi in o they h ave th e prospect o f so . a set of seen, ss"i N i ‘ e i l l i l potent a rival as the Bank of England'? With regard to the question of giving publicity to the resolution's of the Bank, there is a good deal to be said upon both sides. The Bank may plead a long series of successful enter prise in proof of the utility of keeping its own counsel; t h ey may sa y, with perfect propriety, that although a mighty . and influential body, st ill t h ey are i n f act but a pmate company ; that 'the links which connect them with the Government of the country, though many, - have all been framed by the mutual convenience of the two parties, acting in complete independence the one of the other. If, therefore, the Bank be called on to make public its concerns, by parity of reasoning, so may any private company of merchants. And we must add, that, laying aside these special considera tions, we do not exactly see how public opinion can be made to operate usefully on the complicated me chanism of this vast machine. Though, however, we are inclined to admit that the secresy observed by the Bank is perfectly justified, we cannot help wishing that, on the particular occasion in question, the Directory might be induced to depart from their general rule. The case is ,no ordinary one. The establishment of Branch Banks, if they are to be established, is caleu, lated to produce so widely beneficial effects, that the bare announcement of the Bank's intentions would be of material consequence to our suffering trade. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.--XIIARGr. UNDNR JONATHAN WILD'S ACT.—On Saturday Woolfe Lee was brOught before the Lord Mayor, charged under the following circumstances :.,-. Mr. Prior, a silversmith, in Gracechurch-street, stated that his house bad been broken open a Short time ago, and robbed of pro perly to the amount of bet Ween 4001. and 500/. ; all that could be done by the firm had been done, to detect the thieves. On Sunday afternoon, when the family were going to.pivine Service, the prisoner Lee came into Mr. Capper's house, where witnagi waP, and said he could recover the goods if he got 501. Witness observed to him, that if the goods and the thieves were brought up before the Lord Mayor, he should feel no hesitation at giving the suns required. The Prisoner,-1 wan never seen by the prosecutor, exc e pt in vontpany - of COWtErrk t the 'Officer, !tad X navar had any ith,a of the Stn. without hrhiging.up the offeuiler*. Mr. Prior that Lee said the offender, e m ail h e brought lOrward ; that he had ;-ern the good, which 11 , 1 !won stolen, and that they had been all perfectly correct on Wednesday, ; at a bow. l'he Loan AMann who the prisoner was, and what he represented hine , elf to h e :' Witness—He told we he was do officer in the Secretary of Stidess Office, and iaiperiOr to a, flow-slrect Aker. 'the Loam 111.,tvmt said,'lbere was an iinputatiiin against towton, the officer, in,thiacaiic,., Cowion raid the prisoner hul emne to him upon the occasion, but he bad hail no previous nequaintance with lino, and knew nothing about his ob3tet. Mr. Print 'said he bad not paid.a halfpenny, tulle waa deter., wined that it Whinild all cinnehtliire tlie Lord Mayor. 'lite Loan M,Svciit::-,:-The prisoner (lees nut appear to be ii,vare tat be is amused of a erinte for which a person has been banged, and others have been endvietiel and sentenced. . Cowttm, the officer, stated, that on the 213th of June,, the pri soner came to him, while he was at dinner, and said he bad been vent to him by an Officer, of the City. The prisoner stator', that he : knew who had committed thin rabbet v et Mr. Prior's, and could get back the property. Witness thought the oppor Malty ought not to be lost, but stated distinctly to the prisoner, tint nothing could he done without having up the prisoner and . the goods before the Lord Mayor. Witness asked Whether tharo would be a reward, and Mr. Fossick, a tradesman, who lived opposite to •Mr. Prior's house, and who had been robbed to a large amount a short time previettsly, stated, that there shoidd be a reward if all the 'goods were returned, or ,a reward in proportion to-the' value of the re covery.. Mr.-Prior. ".1 certainly acceded to the proposal." Cowt on stated that be went with Mr. Lee to a public-house. Lee there said he was going to see one of the men engaged in the hintiness at a pu bli c b owie , and asked him (witness) for a little, money, as he wanted to produce a small sample of the goods before:he should get the *arrant. Witness then lent him a sovereign, awl the prisoner appointed to meet him at seven o'clock. , Witness waited tilt nine, but in vain. Lee called, however, next day, when the witness was not within, and left worth that he should call again at, one - o'clock. Lee never made his appearance, but was appre hended at three o'clock-in the morning. , , , . . . The Loan Ala.von said, an imputation had been: cast upon the character of the officer, but that person had only acted imprudently,' nut corruptly, .ll► declared that if persons like the prisoner were enconreged, there would be two fur one of robberies in the City of London. It was a trading concern altogether. Cowton said he had been influenced merely by the inclination to detect crime. The Lon]) MA volt believed that to be the ease. Cowton stood wholly evmerated. • • Cowton said the prisoner had told him that ht had seen the gain's in three different xibices. The pr6onersaid he 1)0 been a pariAl officer and a collector of debts ; he did not exactly know what ho was now, but he Was able to support his family.' He had been employed by Mr. Westwood for the Bank of Iraq/land, :,nil had established a conviation..: Mr. liQbler,-111r. busimls. Webtwood 11113 ~ ,ma y tar ., nom A voice.--f 0 Yes, lie is dead." Prisoner.'—m It is sonic time since I was employed, I admit." The Loan MAYOft....." Perhaps you were an accomplice?" Prisoner.-- ,, Never,. • upoumy honour ; my. intention was, on this as well as on all oilier occasions, to brim; the guilty persons to justice. "lindsfield, the officer, nail, that Lee had cheated a great Plumber of peroone by pretending to be an officer. The prisoner was then remanded. pull," MALL —John Shales, oilierwi 9 e Shields,' wag brought tip for final examination on Saturday befiire Sir. PElrat .I.,Anute (the new Alderman for Aldersgate-ward, who proided for the first time, in the stead of Alderman Smith, M.P.), charg ed with tieing at large in the city , without lawful cause, he ha ving • been order's! t o lie transp or t e d for t h e te rm o f his naturalfife. The prisoner k-ft SydneY in November, in die lini ee , j , c ap. tain I'ist4i; and after quitting the eotiet the Captain displaced the steward, and Shales filled she office, until the y . " 1114 ;bed , Anita- Ville°, where he went on shore, and ennui to England in anoth er Ail). Capt. Pettch ineurred the rii,k o f a heavy forfi!itare, under tin IaWS of the etkny, hy britif2;ing the convict :au;y clarule,itine-. I v , and thUrifsinissed steward meeting ? 41)31 " ' l4 F leet-street fhw /far , since, gave him into ciutody,- nut, it wfluid hileln, so mnelt Crom ill-will to him or from the hope of . reward, Ai 60111 a d e -,iie to iisvnlvt'the e9tain, the being recoverable *in the t:,,urts lif the parent corona-v. Mr. Staffortl, onlow-street, who conducted the illse the the erOWn, prodtiml variunii di:retailer& 11 1 414 , : , eoretary of ,Stattea : Office, allowing that one 341 M Stinks Wit.l convicted at the Norwich Assizes in the summer of 181:3, of burglary, and sett tenced to ;lifer death, which sentence %as Anwar& commuted to transportation for life. Mr. Johnson, the Governor of Norwich Castle, proves that the prisoner was the individual who was so convicted. He had no doubt whatever - his identity, because he ws in his enstody foot theAtith of March to the .27th of September, when be was removed, under an order from the Secretary of State, to the Captivity, lying at Portsmoittlu Herbert, the city officer, and. Crowley, the steward, deposed that theY found the prisoner at large in the city ;if tuk*n. The prisoner's attorney offered no defence, but applied . to have 44 sovereigns and some doubloons which were found, in his pos session restored to him, on the ground, that as h e was no t c h arge d with stealing any thing, the Usual inference that motley found on a prisoner vas the produce of the robbery could' not exist in this 111 r. Stafford said he ~hould iioL eititiet - to the gold being re stored, but he should fig the pilisent detain sbtria bills of exchange tier 223/., which were also taken from the prisoner. Shales witl then committed for triad. CATHOLICISM. THE KING or PRUSSIA'S LP:l+Flt TO THE ntroirss OF AIMS LT. COETHEN, ON HER. CHANGE OF NA:LIMON. Berlin, 1826. • I . cannot describe to you the very astounding : and pain ful impression that your letter, confirming the previously circulated report (which I regarded as a fable) of you and the Duke having. become converts to the Catholic religion has made and indelibly fixed upon MC. For who in this world could ever have anticipated such a thing ? Speaking according to the sincere feeling and • conviction of my heart, and in compliance with the duty which conscience dictates, I must plainly tell you, that in my judgment a more unfortunate and sinful resolution could not have been adopted than that you have just carried into effect. Bad yOu confided to me- when I was in Paris the: slightest hint of your intention, I should, in the. most earnest and solemn manner, have, conjured you, by every thing you hold most sacred, to abandon a design, the execution of which tends to place me personally in a very disagreeable situation.— For even I (wherefore I know not) have been suspected of an inclination to Catholicism, though, on the contrary, I have always had, and must ever retain, an unfavourable opinion of that church, on account of the multitude of her anti-scriptural doctrines. It is now, however, highly pro bable that this notion respecting me will be revived, and that it will be,helieved that I was aware of the whole affair, and had an understanding with you in it. But how could you preserve so complete a siletien on this transaction, especially when, in your letter, you thus express yourself respecting me r--" That person, for whom I have ever been accustomed to experience in •my heart the united feeling of filial and fraternal love." Now can any one believe that a father or a -brother would, as a matter of course, approve of his daughter or sister be coming a Cathelie,,that is to say, taking the most mo mentous step a human being can take., without any pre vious consultation with him ?—Certainly not ! Yet you would appear to have acted en this supposition—and why ? Because you had reason to expect' on my part a prohibi tion against the awful and dangerous proceeding on which you were resolved. -You have, however, accomplished your purpose--you have rashly bounded over the immense chasm which separates the two religions-you have re nounced the faith of your relations, the faith in which you were born; nursed, and educated.--May God be merciful to you ! For my 'own part, I can only, from the bottom of my 'heart, lament and, deplore the gross error, the delusion into which you have fallen. Assuredly, 0, most as suredly, you would have been safe from all risk of coin mitting this. dreadful act, had you, instead of giving your, mind to . N e vi a l t t l i d ng a s tt i c i i f i t i e o i IT yourer Protestants r z o i t b e i s e t i at a i n ts d or i n i t , ...a r t t l i i i o ,i l l i l i a :s r , t t i r b ' e e e a f i l i : t ‘ , e, , i v m th i ;;e c al i: for at a period of controversy some years ago 1 endea voured to make myself intimately acquainted with the Lament. This is what I have done; peculiar grounds 011 which both . religions rest, and for this purpose I applied myself assiduously to ' the Bible, awl sought therein the doctrines taught by Christ and his Apostles. This investigation led nie to quite the, contrary conclusion .to that . at which • you have arrived; for since then I have been more satisfied . in my mind, and more than ever penetrated with , the truth, that an old evangelic system, as established by the Reformation and Luther, and by . contempora. Peons; or at least recently ,posterior symbolic writings, in particular the Augsburg Confession, which, next to - the Holy' Scriptures, form the foundation of the Evangelic Creed. This'most strictly corresponds with the religion of JeSUS Christ, as delivered to us by the Apostles them selves, and by the fathers of the church in the first ages of Christianity, before a Popedom existed. It was far from the intention of Luther to found a new religion. his only object was •to purify 'the old faith from the base alloy L t h a j a i t t 'l v :a e r d g • ksi B and dross which had been introduced into it by Popery, and: which had accumulated to such an extent, that more I value was placed on this impure mass than on the genuine doctrine, which lay buried and . almost annihilated under it. I did not hesitate to examine, Catholic Missal s and Catholic Catechisms, which I'not only peruSed, hut stu died. Against . these I placed the old Evangelical Litur gies and serviee-books of the first half of the sixteenth century (that is, of- the time of the Reformation), coin , pared them with each oilier, and thus again recognised the v.rfeet eecorih of the evangelic doctrines With the re ligion of Christ, and, on . the contrary,the decideddeparture therefrom of the Catholic doctrines in many cardinal points. Nevertheless, there is much valuable matter in the Catbelic misFals; bitt evely' s thing :good in , them, It l a ,, hi ii o t il l u i , erher,,d‘os,i_riei however; the it a iiiit i e i n t l l ic i l i i ::: :tic acknowledged orn t w h ol f de ! de E ng s et - Evangelic g ne e no l tr i li c erse who to undervalue all this, and to treat ` ' ' ' ' question as inn .nificant. But the pure Evangelic! doetrine still remains untouched, and may easily be found by those who do not begrudge the labour of seeking for it; as, in fine, has lately been 'done, the investigation having given birth to, ot a isio,lb f e e ioc i A l fh o it, : hg a ie.ls t i i bo o itt ? rig ,o di f .,e.c , itt t a: h itt ventured hl ee i li s i e Yi s s 'll i :6 : ::f i l l PI the time r ekir r i ‘ : 6 , ? , : i v t i i r e a l a g sY s l e t i o ri e t i f t o ßi t r E h ' n o i a ‘ l o i s i j s c t a ii m .i oo t f . , l kiniL This langnage will perhaps appear rude and unkind to you. It is probable, also, that it is not what you expect ed;' for, according to what You state - in your letter, you were confident that I could. not in my heart blame your conduct, as what von had done was the result of mature consifleniiion. But, be this as it may, I can view the latter no otherwise than I `have done. I speak as my heart dietates--*ood or ill it must come out.: If I •be " ) "1-cz may God pardon me! May God also, be with you ` t i'd foegil'e you, it your conviction , lead you 'into error. For Wbat it; conviction if it do not correspond . With the iyordraf God recorded in the_ Holy Scripture ? Nothing btit deception and delusion ! wad ivserryi-owdlhye'reme tvhasiBseattiarlth"o4ithe‘asexyterta°tlrldenilallaebrYaseollitriirtieteireerset: taidy, of the fact is not generally known. Do not deer rr‘f:je:oacrnered4ilitioetu,)ol7l,lll,l)4lv7l:olll,u; e i r • v s ivi e r,a l ag f ictu t 4 . l o tri}i: I , il l] tes : ac 0 e l l e yl e :y e l i t v aho e uen t i 1 1 ,I ,oi r iasi e i s i (soipii unpropitious jo t a l: t e l s friendly e e ex n np d : ! . Th e h onest , worthy people of Anhalt ean li n , o ni t orti l i v y e a ti f : apprme, as indeed they ought, the step which f ail to dis. eess has taken: and t 9 hat is more,. A will their ii r i„.. vaml:g th bticivtexhetlY4Zalitillgitthleikyefefietiltiiiiifilll expression siettiiy mortify not give elent y audible to reach your ears. r t :t ii i : i ii gl) l ii,i 'i l l i e .tt : T el li g e ta hi t ti l t iet ' 41 l' , hal e o r i n r o j i n ttt i t n s al i ci t t a a n 'l y lot a ) t hs l ' kii ce a d d l us ) n t e ihi e n: jo l wt : u t P I )' 1, 1 : 1 tn: l 1 ok !r i ) t ett , ,h t , lr : i bi l et il ti r : Ti at : , :ei.3 4 l. l s l , 7 l l t it r ..ie i ne h nai, l har . i ii. t. : i i i r ilu l ni v a l ii: s t,lt t san t i n il h oo. o t -v ol e s: P 4l Y li rl i e : (l :t it B vi i: s .: ti . it i h r i n s i e : c l i i ab k ; si nj tn : t ilie,id t l y v; t t exe l :nt h i a :_iu s . e t : ; :s ii F a : r i g: m e o t r ie:e e i f : , P REDERICK a W th I L ro iA .br N idg by which a great number of h THE CHUR CH. On Wednesday, the • llev. G. Wrench was notuinattat by Wothipful Court of ..ktwistants of ''tire Haberdashers' Coupon! to the ChtTelry of Blakeney, in Glotteistershire, vacant by d death of the Pet. Archdeacon Sate:fort/. There were live tal didates for the prenta4on, and the %etc" we understand, " as follow : Wrench Wilms - 14 t Jones - 13 linvey Thompson BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES OF VOSS: „, (Abraged from the Ilibliothrque Allonettle.) f Germany has lost one of her greatest writers; the eete brated Voss, who - contributed eo highly- to the splendeni of the German Parnassus, is: no More, John Henry Voss was born on - the ?ri Fefirtnd'y , L l 4 at Botriirretsdorfi in the .Grand Duchy of ;Nieritleheign He was in early youth inspired with the love of leirresej but he had obstacles to tontend with in the narrowness his means ; his father was in a sts6ort bordering upon o. solute poverty. Voss at last pro ed the means may sary for devoting himself to ;readmit” stedies, 1 71 1 he was received into the Universky Goilingen v and wl not long in distinguishing himself among the pupils filth' excellent institution,VlwAr as about this time that thed was formed at Gottingen a, society of young men, whosi names speedily acquired a just celebrity. .Voss becarael member of this association in which shone Hoelty, whose elegies, breathe a melancholy at once sweet and mournful The two Counts tie Stollberg, and Millor, author of SielZ' wart, were parties in this alliance. These young friend met on . Saturdays, and in fine Weather, frequently in the open air, under the-shade of some majestic oaks. In the summer, indeed, they assembled iu a Tirden, and prolong ed their literary meetings even till sunrise. Burger, so we' known by his romances and ballads, and Kionstock him self, were honorary members of this poetical . soeielY Voss, in his Life of Hoelty, prefixed to the new edi' tion of the poems of his friend (published at Hamburg) in 1804), traces in an interesting manner these recoqPo tions of his youth. Voss lived some time at Hamburgh, and it was the re that he published a Poetical Almanack for several Yel which was a continuation of that of Gottingen. lona-4 he was named Head-master of a school at Etitin; in 180 he Settled at Jena; and finally in 1805, upon the new er ganization of the University of Heidelberg,the Grand Dedie of Baden invited Voss thither, to give the greater cele' brity to that institution. The poetical productions of this author we numerou Voss knew all the ri c h es o f t h e G erman langusge, and fol lowing the steps of Klopstoek, he at last decidedlYsl seeded in naturali z i ng i n G erman li terature t h e metric forms of Greek and Latin Prosody, and at the same 11 1 sliewed how e as ily h e cou ld overcome t h e diffi cu lties° rhyme. The character of Voss develop ed itself fetih his poetry ; in his odes th ere i s vigour and energy)whi ch, however, is not always without roughness; in his 5 01 1 5 : there is a frank cordiality, and an enticing gaiety; n i hymns a sweet and impressive piety; - but rs, above " 1 ." in his eclogues that the genius of Voss:shine& Anong his compositions' of this sort may be cited " Der siebe .. , ii ' zigste Geburtatag," (the seventieth bi r th-d ay .) The vh f d'oeuvre of Voss, however, is his Louisa, a pastoral cfn'' written in hexameters. A coll ec ti on o f t h e poems or vw appeared at Koenisberg in 1802, the last of which tamed a treatise on prosody. The industry of Voss is surnrising. c Gerrnati literiitat owes to him a great many transactions, of which we ma ) Mention that of Virgil, that of a great part of the Meta morphosis of Ovid, those of Horace, flesiod,and Orpheus Theocritus, Aaistophanes ; but, above all, that of th' Iliad and Odyssey. The unwearied Voss undertook also, in confunclini with his two sons (floury Voss, professor at fleidel bla bt s al' pie e :l r anf g r h also th o lol d pi solrofound iiBf:2germ, whichran r in r : l ,n A s eo into time veni nne V ittgl o rne 0 0: e. gi ) st , :a a hpah t hv ra i f merous nt successes as a poet and philologist, devoted hits lastV iN o i s ar s t e e h r , m a i t na ti t l e e d. w his mythology o f th e anc i ents . f lio 7 rtrable career on the 29th His death was as gentle a' t lst •onvers in wall hhoiiss life had fi•icnd and clhiLiptlidinn;ilo;nll\sel.eixilipliefradesleiminelajrt Klopstock, Holt)' Herder, ,and Schiller. His name too is inscribed on the calendar of immortality. D. E. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS nuniwa Last wErh- Wheat Per Quarter. Andovdr Arundel Bath Bridgewater Bristol . 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